While several nations have followed up on Vanessa’s techniques, the program has been particularly successful in Zimbabwe and Zambia, with the results popping up all over social media.

“ANU's Vanesa has impacted chldrn with disabilities. We follow suit with childrn wth autism in Zim,” tweeted Knowledge Chikundi of the Zimbabwe Science Fair after returning from the CPAS training program.

“Pupils in #Zambia enjoyed th sci shows. Their feedback is overwhelming,” he tweeted.

Vanessa is delighted with the progress.

“This makes all the research, testing and hard work worthwhile,” she said. “I get great results in Australia, but to know that it works in other contexts too is fantastic.”

Knowledge Chikundi noted an added benefit when sharing the successes on Twitter. “You have lit a spark in the girls and now I have a number of them wanting to join the science club,” he wrote.